Uruguay’s left-wing opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi becomes country's new president

Leftist Yamandú Orsi Wins Presidency of Uruguay

Yamandú Orsi of Uruguay's center-left Frente Amplio coalition was elected the nation's third leftist president ever in Sunday's election.

Political transition starts in Uruguay following FA’s victory

Lacalle Pou announced on Sunday evening that he had communicated with Orsi to congratulate him on his victory and voiced his willingness to begin the transfer of power as soon as possible. I called @OrsiYamandu to congratulate him as the president-elect of our country and put myself at his orders and start the transition soon, the president wrote in a post on X. Lacalle Pou waited for the election results at the Executive Tower, headquarte…

Uruguay dawned today with a new course marked by the electoral victory of the opposition Broad Front, which has Yamandú Orsi as elected president. It is a hangover of celebration of the left alliance, which at the end of a long campaign managed to re-rule from the first day of March 2025. [...]

Statement from President Joe Biden Congratulating Yamandú Orsi as President-elect of Uruguay

I congratulate Yamandú Orsi on his election to serve as Uruguay’s 43rd President.  I also send my congratulations to the people of Uruguay for their unyielding commitment to democracy as they successfully exercised the fundamental right to vote. In the over 150 years of diplomatic relations between Uruguay and the United States, we have built an enduring partnership based on our peoples’ shared values.  Uruguay has been at the vanguard of promot…

Uruguay ousts conservative government, elects leftist opposition candidate as turnout hits 90 percent

Leftist opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi claims victory in Uruguay's run-off presidential election, defeating center-right candidate Álvaro Delgado.

(November 25, 2024. El Venezolano).- Yamandú Orsi will be the next president of a Uruguay that gave a new show of democratic civility this Sunday. After a closed vote and when the official vote still did not give any of the candidates as winner, Luis Lacalle Pou and Álvaro Delgado congratulated the aspiring for the Broad Front, who took the victory for just over 90,000 votes. After receiving the congratulations of the current president and the a…